Our tearoom will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1st March 2026, from 10.30am – 2.30pm (last food orders by 2pm). We look forward to welcoming you.
The mill and grounds are run entirely by volunteers, who are involved in all aspects of the life of our special place: gardening, woodwork, operating the cafe, meeting-and-greeting, fundraising, erecting the marquees, building bridges, dry-stone walling, general maintenance, family activities, helping at events…
You don’t need to come every week, and you don’t need to have any special skills – if you want to help but don’t know what you could offer, just send us an email or give us a ring to arrange for an informal chat.
I volunteer by looking after our social media pages, to help raise awareness of our beautiful Mill and Grounds, and let everyone know what a fantastic site it is. Sometimes, I have even been co-opted into washing dishes for our lovely Cakey Ladies on particularly busy days!
I came to the mill as a visitor and was made very welcome, even when I visited alone. I decided i would like to volunteer and began to help in the tearoom at weekends. Everyone was so friendly and I feel like a valued member of the team
In 2022 I took part in a well-being walk with Gateshead Art Diamonds at Path Head Watermill - I was completely delighted, it felt like falling in love! I've been coming to the Mill most Tuesdays since then.
Hi I'm John … a retired Engineer and fell walker. I really enjoy working here, grass cutting and general maintenance. My fellow volunteers are so easy to work with and the craic is great fun.
I discovered Path Head Watermill a few yeas ago while walking past with my little dog and the place intrigued me. I always felt it would be lovely to be able to go in for a coffee, which you couldn’t do at that time.
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